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REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (WHNT) - Redstone Arsenal officials have laid out their plan to move students from the Mills Road child care facilities.

Garrison Commander Bill Marks spoke with WHNT News 19, "One of the things we owe our children is a safe environment for their child care."

The children will be moved together, to the Goss Road child development center while the Mills Road location undergoes renovations.

The approximately 140 children will remain with their existing peers and caregivers.

The Mills Road child care facility has been mold free since October, but Marks explains a construction flaw causes water to sit stagnant under the building, leading to the reoccurrence of black mold over the past four years.

"Again there's no immediate concern with mold in the buildings this is something we want to plan for the continued entertainment for this building," said Marks.

The renovation could take anywhere from 9 to 18 months.

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Redstone Arsenal's Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation has scheduled a town hall meeting to enlighten parents ahead of the imminent merger of Goss and Mills Roads child care facilities.

In October 2013 black mold was found in the Arsenal Child Development Center on Mills Road.

Arsenal health officers told WHNT News 19 that no one was endangered by the mold.

“The mold that was found currently is behind the walls so there is no direct exposure to the pathway to the children and the working staff,” said Colonel William Darby with the Fox Army Medical Center.

The advisory council president plans to compile a list of questions and then document answers from MWR, as both the MWR Director and Garrison Commander have agreed they will address concerns prior to the town hall.

The merger meeting is scheduled for May 19 at 5:30 p.m. at Heiser Hall, Building 3712 on Patton Road.

WHNT New 19 is attempting to learn more from Arsenal officials, the MWR director and U.S. Army Child, Youth and School Services.

1 Comment

Rebecca Digirolamo

That is fantastic that they care so much about the families paying for on base child care, but what are they planning on doing for the families currently living on base who have no parks available to their children because Redstone has deemed THEM unsafe? When will the army step in and approve a budget to renovate the parks that are FREE to use yet unable to be used because they are closed? When will the Army step up and make their base here on Redstone as “family orientated” as they claimed to be when we moved here last year? I want answers and I’d appreciate more concern being placed on all areas children play at- whether they be at the CDC or On Base Parks. Thank you for making the CDC a place I may feel comfortable leaving my children, but please show the same concern in the areas that are free for child play.